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Evaluating photos from Havana, Cuba

- All right.…I'm going to show you a series that I used a tripod for.…It was in Havanna, and, you know,…sometimes I'll use my tripod…not just for landscapes but for city stuff…because it allows me to sort of keep in one position…and let things happen within the frame.…You know, for these pictures, in choosing these pictures,…they're kind of similar.…I'm hoping that the viewer of the images will start…to see it and maybe go into their own imagination.…And, for me, you know images that go…beyond the literal, but are a little bit more lyrical…where the viewer can sort of look at it…and the first thing they do is just see…and make up their own story behind it.…

So, I'm going to obviously try…and choose the strongest image.…So let's see what I've got here first,…and then we'll come down and decide, you know, which one.…I'll tell you which one and why…I thought it was the strongest.…So you can see that because the camera's…on a tripod, the scene is static.…The building's not moving.…It stays tack sharp,…but the people in the images are moving.…

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1/6/2016

Among photo pros, "photo editing" doesn't mean "Photoshopping." Instead, the phrase refers to the process of reviewing a shoot to identify the very best shots. Find out how to choose your best shots, and how to identify what makes one photo better than another similar one. Steve Simon uses examples from his own portfolio—photos shot around the world in locations such as Cuba and India as well as intimate family portraits—to show how professional photographers select their best images. Plus, get tips on strengthening your final shots with cropping and other post-processing techniques.